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At $7 a dozen… No one throws away an egg. Thanks democrats.
INCREDIBLE video. Now I can have poached eggs from comfort of my own home. Thank you.
Use a metal wire drying rack instead of paper towels. Paper towels do not soak up the water. The eggs sit in a soggy towel, they are best when placed on a wire rack. Try it.
Silicone egg poaching cups are awesome. Perfect results every time. Oil the inside of the cup with your finger. Drop the egg cups into the water. Cover. Not only do you get a perfect egg every time, but there's no waste to the "ribboning" and the shape of the egg is uniform. The eggs will slide right out with a slight amount of oil in each cup.
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I solved the problem of the eggs sticking by using the vinegar but the whites still tended to run amok. Yours looks like the perfect way to do it. Never thought about using the cups and taking the pan off the burner to let the ambient heat do the job. I always left them in the boiling water and thus they were too easy to overcook.
Such total simplicity with such wonderful results–thank you.
Those eggs are not cooked so that the egg white is firm…..need to cook more!
Now here is something new, The Incredible New Way to Poach Eggs that NEVER Fails | Epicurious 101 https://ytube.io/3XQf
How about that?
Why do you call a frying pan a ‘skillet’?
I am always looking for the perfect poached egg for 1, ONE. I just tried this but as it was only me, I used a 7” skillet and 2 eggs. I only used 2tsp of white vinegar and decreased the time to 3min. I used the method from another ATK (eggs bendict for a crowd-brunch) and first cracked ea egg into a fine mesh strainer to drain some of the liquid then transferred ea. egg into a cup. After it boiled I pulled the pan off the burner waited a few seconds until the bubbles slowed down transferred the two eggs into after and covered. Both eggs kind of stuck together and seemed as if I had the albumin tendrils from one egg floating in the water. I think I may do 1 egg, 1 cup, and definitely do the full 5 min. After 3 min I took the lid off and realized it needed more time and put the lid back on for 2 more minutes. I guess I thought with fewer eggs less time, but no, and I’d do the full Tbl of vinegar. Overall I’d say this was successful, but I think for 1-2 eggs it’s easier for me to put each egg in a small lightly greased sm ramikin, place in a sauce pan fill the pot with water up to 3/4 side of the ramikin. Bring to full boil cover with lid, remove from heat and set 5 min timer (less or more depending on how had you like them).
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Shhh! The adults are speaking!
Corned beef hash makes the best bed for poached eggs, next American Fries
What has man become? Look – all the cooks in the kitchen do not have caps on their heads. This means that all the dandruff and hair will be in the food! Horror!
Thankyou 👍🏻… love the background as well 😂👍🏻
Best plan yet , I will try asap !! Yum Yum thank you so much …
Thank you. I thought I knew how to poach eggs, but I hadn't seen this technique re turning off the gas, and the reason for it. I believe also that fresher eggs are less likely to have the whites drift apart, and until this video, didn't know why I had to put vinegar into the water.
This is going to save so much energy! I do 4 poached eggs regularly, breaking each into one of two little glass bowls and hopefully fast enough that there is not a big time difference. But she likes hers cooked a bit more. Try to figure which is which though! 2qt sauce pan swirling. Sometimes it more like egg drop soup!
I will be trying this one soon!
whoops i skipped the vinegar+salt
Sadly this didn't work for me.
After the recommended 5 mins for 2 eggs, the egg white were still uncooked. So I will either have to leave them longer or try a different pan.
i´m forever looking out for the perfect poached egg. I think i´ll try yr method tomorrow, Boiling the water, take off the heat, put eggs in water and place lid on and wait for approx 5 mins
Thank you, I was wondering about this.
How the hell do I get 2 eggs into 40 cups??
I've never seen a single video that shows how to remove the inner thin albumin, to get the most beautiful and delicious poached eggs. I learned this from a cook at a family diner of all places. I was served the best I had ever had, so I asked him and he let me come back and watch him cook one. It's actually kinda difficult to remove it, but it's worth it!
Awful!
A couple of those didn’t look so great. Good for making larger amounts but the swirling water method makes a better looking final product.
After ruining untold numbers of eggs with the swirl method, this is a blessing. Worked first time!
I used a 9-1/2" nonstick skillet with a tight fitting lid and this didn't work poaching 5 medium eggs. The whites blended into the water and after 5 min I had 5 yolks bobbing around in cloudy water. Yes it was off the heat, yes the water was still, yes I carefully tipped the eggs into the water, yes I used salted water with white vinegar. I love ATK but this didn't work for me.
You didn’t drain your eggs!! Elle Simon drains her eggs first
Δεν έχω δοκιμάσει, αλλά φαίνεται εύκολο. Το βίντεο αυτο πολύ μακρισ διάρκειας.
right after watching this I boiled water and made two just like she did. AWESOME EGGS!!!!
I’d like too cook with her 😛
Love the tip of draining off the watery yolk, my eggs have been perfect since I tried that!
those eggs looked terrible